Automobile lamp



Nov. 11 1924:o 1.515,]56

C. A.'M|CHEL AUTOMOBILE LAMP Filed Oct. 13 1922 MM rm w fla .9.

Cleveland in the county of Cuyahog p or CLEVELAND,

LAM? mnnnracrnnmo COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, oruo.

CLARENCE A. MICHEL,

omo, ASSIGNOR To run some moron care, a conrona'rron or Application and October s, 192e,; Serial Il'o. 594,233.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that-1', (Brannon A. Mrcnnn, a citizen of the United sfiates residrhg a;

a an

State of have invented a certain new bio,

and useful In! rovement in Automobile- Lamps, of. whie the following is a full,

clear and exact description, reference being hadto .the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates generally to automobile lamps and more particularly to the manner of connecting the manner of securing the glassin the door or front frame of the lampjaind also in the door or front frame to -the'ca sing of the lamp. The object of. the invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple and eflicient means for securing-the glass in the frame and holding the same against rattling and turning. a Anotherobjectof the invention isto provide .a-novel fastening meansfor connecting the front frame, carrying the glass in such a .manner as to hold the frame-firmlyin position upon agfiinst the forward end of the reflector arranging the same,

casing;

-'face viewof the casing and the gla'sshrmly ichi in turn is fixedly c'onhectedto the and thereby eliminating all rattling and noise in the lamp structure. With these and various other objects in view the invention consists in the novel feat ires of construction and in the manner of combining or all of 'hich will be fully described hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Fig. 1 is asectional view of an automobile lampconstructed "in accordance with my invention; ig. 2 is [a face view of the refiedzor and" casing, the i door or front frame being removed; Fig.5'3 is an inner the front frame or door and glass and means for holding the glass in place; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the 13, there being a cushion ring of cord or tabric-'14 arranged upon the seat provided between the end ofthe reflector 13 and the flange '12 of said reflector. I This reflector is rigidly connected to the flange of the casing by means of screws 12. Resting against the cushion ring 14 is the glass 15 carried'by the ring frame or front 16, this ring. at its forward edge with the inwardly extending portion 17 and at its rear endwith theinwardly extending flange The in- ;wardly turned portion 17 is intended to enfgage the shouldered portion 15 of the glass and in order .to hold the glass securely with- "in the .frame and at the same time provide means whereby the glass can he quickly and easily fastened or unfastened, 1 provide a plurality of spring clips 19 which in general contour fit within the curve of thering 16 and are bent back upon themselvesas shown atv20 and hooked at 21 in order to engage the edge of the glass and arebent outwardly as shown at 22 in order to seat against the inturned flange '18 of the ring.

The clips 19 being of spring material can be quickly and easily inserted in the frame and brought into engagement with the glass and the frame at the points desired in order to hold the glass firmly within the case and prevent rattling of the same. In order to properly position the glass in the frame, is preferred to notch the edge of the glass at one point, preferably the bottom thereof as indicated at 23 and attached to the inner side being formed 'of the frame is a strip 24 bent back'upon it- I self as shown at 25 and providing a free end 26 which fits into the notched portion 23 of the glass and the outer end 27 of this strip 'is projected through the frame and is, apertured as shown at 28 to receive the fastening screw :29 which screws into a lug 30 projecting outwardly from the casing in line with the outwardly projecting end 27. Upon the' opposite side of the case there is projected a lug 31 behind which the flange 18 of the glass carrying when the frame is placed upon the casing and in placing the frame upon the casing it will he so arranged as to bring the lugs 27 and 30 in alignment so that the fastening screw 29 can be screwed into, the lug 30 for the purpose of securely binding the front or frame upon the casing. When the front or ring frame is securely fastened the glass ring or front is hooked."

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Having thus described my inva11ti0n,'what 2 I claim is:

1. in an automobile lamp, the combination with a casing having mppesitely disposed outwardly pPQjDCfiHg lugs, one of which is apertumd, 01: a ring frame adaptsd to fit Over the End 03? and one of the lugs 11, glzasss Within the franm, sziid g izzss having inotch in the edge, a. strip attached to the ring and engagingsaid notch at its inner 0nd, its outer end being pmjgcted tlnough ring apertured, a Sa'JT-KSW through said apez lnued and and $3316 mined lug of tha casing; whereby the 11 secured to the casing.

In an automobile lamp the comhi 1 A with a casing having uppositely di. outwardly pwjecfing lugs, one which. 1; apertured, of ring iil'ame adapted is over the end of ihe (using and am: 065 (i lugs, 21 glass .vithinfile frzuuu, a. trip 1: mailed 'to the ring, its outer em! being pr-wfs) jecwd th'mugh the ring; and apm'tlm a screw passing through said npearturm and. and he a} 70l'tll1'0d iug f'tl1e casing wher ihy the ring is secured to ihc casingw 3. In an automobile lamp, the colz'lhixmmm with a casing having.oppusitely (H. mm mmwurdly projecting h1g5; one of 1/ w'h uperiured, of a. ring tfmzne adapted 1'34,- fit, over the end of casing and (me of (he lm a glass within the frame, astrip zwtached '20 a: the ring, its outer and being pmjeded uni;-

. wan-(Hy from the ring and apertured a. screw passing through said apesrim'ed end and 'u wz'tumd hag of the casing whereby Hu ring 13 scam-mi to the szzsmg. 

